Busy Philipps Arrested At Roe V. Wade Protest Outside The Supreme Court
01.07.2022 - 00:11
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Busy Philipps was arrested outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. on Thursday during a protest against the Court’s recent overturning of Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 case that enshrined federal protections for abortion rights.
Philipps, 43, was seen being taken away from the protest by law enforcement in a video posted on Twitter by Vice News. In the video, a person offscreen asks Philipps why she attended the protest. “For equality,” Philipps replied.
The mom of two posted her own videos of her marching with protesters earlier in the day on her Instagram story. “I’m doing this for you guys,” she told her followers. “I’m doing this for my kids. I’m doing this for my mom. I’m doing this for my grandma.”
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Philipps has been a passionate advocate for abortion rights for many years. In 2019, she opened up about having the medical procedure when she was a teenager during a segment on her now-cancelled series “Busy Tonight.” Philipps shared her story after the state of Georgia passed a six-week abortion ban bill. That same year, Philipps also spoke to the U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee focusing on threats to reproductive rights.
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“I am so sad that we have to sit here in front of a row of politicians and give deeply personal statements because the why doesn’t matter,” she told the members of Congress. “It should not matter. I am a human being that deserves autonomy in this country that calls itself free. And choices that a human being makes about their own bodies should
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